Art And Culture

Artists in Iran have created the biggest painting on canvas on the subject of peace to commemorate World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, May 8.

A group exhibition of urban photography is underway at three art galleries in Tehran.

The galleries of Hepta, Not and Theme are displaying photos of Tehran as a joint project titled “…

When Asghar Farhadi told Javier Bardem that he wanted to make a film in Spanish set in Spain, the Oscar-winning actor said he “was like really? OK, that’s brave”.

But the Spanish star…

Persian rendering of the book Like Wind, Like Wave: Fables from the Land of the Repressed has been released by Tehran-based Mahi Publication.

Translated by Mahyar Alinaqi, the book is…

Aradman Publication has unveiled the Persian translation of A Family Supper, a collection of short stories by Japanese-British writer and Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro at Tehran International…

The Advanced Research Institute of Art, affiliated to the Iranian Academy of Arts, will hold a workshop to review Avestan codices.

Organized by the institute’s Committee of Pre-Islamic…

Two concerts by pop singer and songwriter Rahim Shahriari from Tabriz, capital of East Azarbaijan Province, are scheduled for May 9 at Milad Tower in Tehran.

At the Convention Hall of…

Beheshti branch of Book City in Tehran will be hosting two discussions to study the different features of “The Hadiqat al Haqiqa” (Walled Garden of Truth), mystical poetry book of Persian poet…

Kayhan Kalhor, acclaimed composer and master of classical Kurdish and Iranian traditional music, accompanied by Turkish folk musician, composer and singer Erdal Erzincan will hold three duet…

The 15th Stage Actor Celebration, organized annually by the Iranian Theater Forum to honor top actors, was held on Saturday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall and the winners were awarded.

The Greek tragedy by Sophocles (497-406 BC) Antigone went on stage at Iranshahr Theater on May 6.

Saber Abar performs the play alongside Naval Sharifi and French actress Nathalie Matti,…

Dastan Gallery showed artworks of celebrated Iranian illustrator and cartoonist Ardeshir Mohasses (1938-2008) at Frieze Art Fair in New York, May 3-6. The exhibition was of two selections of…

The 1900 book on economic sociology “The Philosophy of Money,” written by German sociologist, philosopher and critic Georg Simmel (1858-1918) is now available in Persian.

An exhibition of documents from early 20th-century Iran is underway at the National Library of Iran in Tehran.

On display at the National Archives building of the library is a body of…

Works of the late painter, sculptor, writer and translator Mehdi Sahabi (1944-2009), named Lovely Scraps, are on show at Atbin Art Gallery.

Faezeh Mirzazadeh has curated the exhibit. She…

Painter Danial Mollanorouzi is holding an exhibition he calls ‘Yesterday’s Walls’. His works are inspired by ancient and historical walls in Iran.

Paintings are adorned with designs,…

Shalman Art Gallery is hosting an illustration exhibition by graphic designer Emad Seyedena.

The solo show is titled ‘You Tell My Tale’ and shows Seyedena’s approach toward psychological…

The 31st Tehran International Book Fair, a showcase of more than half a million titles, is underway at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla (prayer ground) in central Tehran till May 12.

Among…

Six celebrated pop vocalists will sing romantic songs at a joint concert at the Ministry of Interior Auditorium in Tehran.

Led by conductor and pianist Reza Tajbakhsh, the sextet will…

“Under the Smoky Roof” directed by celebrated filmmaker Pouran Derakhshandeh has received five nominations at the Nice International Filmmaker Festival in France, May 5-12.

City Theater is hosting an adaptation of “Molly Sweeney” penned by Irish dramatist and short story writer Brian Friel (1929-2015). The piece, directed by Morteza Mir-Montazemi stars Amir Aqaei,…

Maktab Tehran Theater House will host a stage reading of two short plays, both written by American playwright Christopher Durang. 

Directed by Shiva Ordoei, the one-act plays “Nina…

Tehran Azad University has organized a meeting to review contemporary architecture in Iran. The College of Architecture and Urban Development at the Central Branch of Azad University, located…

A total of 25,000 internet users banded together to buy a Picasso painting, which is currently on display at Geneva’s modern art museum MAMCO.

The Swedish Academy said the Nobel Prize in literature will not be awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body’s reputation.…